May high blood pressure variability contribute to increased cardiovascular risk in women?

Among hypertension specialists, the last 15 years have seen a rising interest for the evaluation of blood pressure variability (BPV), and its potential cardiovascular consequences [1].However, assessment of BPV and its untoward effects has physical, mathematical and statistical underpinnings which may deter the first-line physician to read publications dedicated to this topic.Still, BPV should not be considered as the preserve of aficionados of blood pressure (BP) measurement but may be made accessible to a wider readership.The article published by Stopa et al. in the current issue of the Polish Heart Journal [2] is a good example of how adequate assessment of BPV in a relatively small but well studied sample of patients may lead to relevant insights for the clinician.In view of the aforementioned